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Service bulletin FAB161

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10193747
Published by NHTSA2021-05-18
Manufacturer's numberFAB161
Manufacturer's date2014-08-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

Freightliner Action Bulletin FAB161 Watson and Chalin Suspension

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FREIGHTLINER 108SD2000
FREIGHTLINER 108SD2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
FREIGHTLINER 114SD2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
FREIGHTLINER 122SD2004 to 2022

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20256102025-11-04. Suspension
25V7600002025-11-04. SUSPENSION:CRITICAL FASTENERS
20V6600002020-10-27. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
20V5390002020-09-03. SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
18V9130002018-12-19. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM; STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY; STEERING
15V5860002015-09-22. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER; SUSPENSION:REAR

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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